Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! The weekend is near...and so is the next chance of rain. In today's blog we discuss when raindrops return to the area and the temperatures you can expect for your outdoor weekend plans.

Keep an umbrella on standby through Saturday. A few showers return to the area starting Friday afternoon or evening. If you are tailgating for the Brewers-Cardinals game Friday evening, make sure to bring an umbrella and a jacket.

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The entire weekend WILL NOT be a washout, but most of Saturday will deliver cool, damp and dreary weather. Futurecast below shows rain over most of southern Wisconsin at noon Saturday. The farther north you travel, the lower the chance of rain on Saturday. Notice that Fond du Lac and Sheboygan will be on the edge of rain showers Saturday afternoon. If you have outdoor plans the first half of the weekend, I would bring an umbrella and have a plan B ready.

With clouds and showers across the area on Saturday, temperatures will remain cool. An east breeze keeps lakeshore locations a couple degrees cooler. Keep a jacket near with Saturday afternoon temperatures only the low to mid 40s! Keep in mind the average high is now near 60°.

Rainfall totals will generally stay under 0.50" in many locations, and under 0.25" for some. Future rainfall forecast below shows rain totals by Saturday evening. The highest rain totals should stay in Illinois, as southern Wisconsin is on the northern edge of this storm system.

If/when temperatures warm in the coming weeks, we should see the grass start to grow very quickly in southeast Wisconsin due to a wet April.

I'm still thinking we see a nice warm-up during early May to give us a break from the recent cool weather. While I don't think we are done with below average temperatures for spring, a few warm days here and there will be nice.